Roll-paper holder and cutter



V E. E. STANINGER.

L A HOLDER AND TEE. No. 449,501. Patented Mar. 31, 1891.

UNITED l STATES.

PATENT Orrrcn.

EZRA E. STANINGER, OF \V 1ST SALEM, ILLINOIS.

ROLL-PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,501, dated March 31, 1891.

Application filed December 19, 1890. Serial No. 375,270. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EZRA E. STANINGER, of West Salem, in the countyof Edwards and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Paper Holders and Cutters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to holders and cutters of paper put up in roll form-as, for instance, wrapping-paper used in dry goods, grocery, and other stores-and which is out mi in lengths, as required, by drawing upon the roll of paper the requisite length and then tearing or cutting oif such un reeled or drawnoff portion by bending and pulling itsidewise over the cutting-edge of a knife bearing down or against the roll by spring-pressure.

The invent-ionconsists in a paper holder and cutter of this description of novel construction, and in which provision is made for carrying two rolls of paper of different widths to form wrappers for packages of different sizes, and in which independent knives are used that is, one for each rolland a single intermediate bar serves to carry the springs which keep both knives forced up against the rolls, substantially as hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a paper holder and cutter embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

The frame A of the apparatus is made of irregular widths-that is to say, of an upper narrower portion adapted to receive a roll of paper B of certain width, and a lower broader portion adapted to receive within it a roll of paper 0 of greater width. The side uprights of the frame, which are connected top and bottom by cap and base pieces, are provided with angular open-ended slots b b to admit the center rods or axles c c, which carry the rolls of paper within them, and to form bearings for said rods or axles to rotate in.

D D are the knives by which the paper from either roll as it is drawn off the required length is severed or divided by bending and pulling sidewise such drawn olf portion over the cutting-edge of its knife. These knives, which are the full lengths of the rolls and parallel with them, and have their cuttingedges the one projecting upward and the other downward, are carried by springs S S, arranged at asuitable distance apart to act upon the knives near their opposite ends, said springs being coiled intermediate of their length upon one and the same bar G which carries them and which is arranged intermediately of the rolls in direction of theirlength and connected with the side pieces of the main frame. The reverse terminal portions 5 s of each of these springsSmaybefiattened, and are extended or project the one upward and the other downward for attachment to the backs of the knives, the inward terminal portions of said springs being connected with the upper or shorter knife that is used for the narrower roll of paper, and the outer terminal portions of said springs being connected with the lower or longer knife which is used for the wider roll of paper. Thus the same springs are made to support the knives of unequal length at relatively the same distance, or thereabout, from their respective ends to insure steadiness to them. Said springs by their coiled and extended construction will continue to bear with the necessary pressure on the two rolls of paper almost or fully until the paper is used up or run off from the rods or axles c c of the rolls, thus keeping the knives in close cutting position down to the last.

By using rolls of paper of different widths one above the other in the same frame, with knives to correspond, the apparatus need take no-more counter space or room than a single apparatus-that is, one adapted to carry but a single roll of paperwhile the convenience which is aiforded of having two rolls of paper of different widths to draw upon is very great, and there is a great saving of paper by using the narrow roll of paper for wrappingup small packages or bundles and reserving the wider roll for large packages or bundles.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a paper holder and cutter adapted to carry two rolls of paper one above the other, the combination of independent knives for said rolls, and springs common to both knives for keeping up a continuous pressure on them against both rolls of paper.

2. In a paper holder and cutter adapted to carry upper and lower rolls of paper of different Widths, respectively, the o0n1bination,with the main frame and the independent knives EZRA vE. STANINGER.

Witnesses:

LLOYD W. BLAND, W. B. BOLDING. 

